Chapter 217
Chapter 217: Search: Part 2
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
After a minute of observation, Lin Sheng noticed his opponent had run out of skills to throw at him, and simply threw one of his short axes toward the latter’s head .
*Whuff!!*
The short ax spun into a ring and sank directly into the monster’s head .
It stopped for a moment, as a surge of holy white light exploded out of its body, leaving it a walking mess bellowing black smoke
“Roar!!”
It let out a painful roar as it charged forward again, swinging its flaming blade wildly at Lin Sheng .
His eyes turned crimson as his veins expanded and popped all over the surface of his skin, not unlike swarms of green worms .
Lin Sheng did not dodge this time . A deafening clang rang out as he blocked the blade while he lashed out a powerful side kick .
A thud later, the monster flew away and slammed hard against the floor, its hip twisted into an odd angle . Its spine broke .
“Defense Level 1, strength Level 4, speed Level 3, combat awareness Level 3 . Average level, three . If it has some better defense, it could be Level 4 even . ”
Lin Sheng looked at the armor worn by the monster, it seemed to have slivers of purple crystals in it, but it did not activate during battle . Probably too much time had since passed, and it has lost its effect .
“It probably uses some supernatural defense, but has lost its effect due to time, causing this to happen . ”
He slowly walked over to the howling monster and smashed his ax against its head .
*Bam!*
The skull and the ax head cracked at the same time .
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The monster’s howl stopped as it flopped, and stayed forever quiet .
There was a massive gap in its head as a large amount of gross yellow-white matter flowed out of it . Lin Sheng waited for a moment, and realized that there were no black lines forming, surprised him .
That did not really bother him, though, as he bent down and picked up the flaming twin-bladed sword .
The moment the sword left the monster’s hand, the flames on the blade quickly shrunk, and became dim .
In his land, the sword looked more like a massive torch, and even with the smaller flames, the embers were still about the size of a finger, and was still capable of singing someone .
Oddly enough, he did not feel the hilt heating up . The burning blade seemed to be a junk blade a lousy smith had made . It was simple, crude, its blade thick and not tapered, and there were even chips off the edges .
The hilt had a simple brown cloth wrap, while the guard was fashioned out of a red metal into a horn-like shape .
The blade itself did not have any engravings and looked the part of a third-rate weapon .
“What about that shield? Lin Sheng remembered that the beast had a semi-transparent shield .
What surprised him was the shield had gone missing as if it had long disappeared .
“Seems like the shield was the monster’s own ability,” he guessed as he swung the flaming twin-bladed sword about .
A surge of sacred power soon went into the blade
*Boom!*
Suddenly, the flames of the blade roared to life as the embers spat out at least half a meter away as if Lin Sheng was holding a ball of flames .
The flames even burnt him, but Lin Sheng had dragon skin and was highly resistant to fire, so that did not bother him .
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He gently swept the blade onto the wall . As the blade barely made contact with the wall for over two seconds, a black scar was burnt on the wall .
“Not bad!”
Lin Sheng knelt down, satisfied as he started rummaging through the body of the monster . As he did not manage to find anything else, he picked up the sword and started looking around the room .
The room seemed to be purposely made for this monster . There was no furniture or any signs or visage of life, not even any combustibles nearby .
After a quick search, Lin Sheng left the room and came to the second one on the left of the hall .
He gently pushed the door open . Before he could even fully open a door, a surge of power blasted out from the room and slammed at the door onto Lin Sheng .
*Bam!!*
A monster with four horns on its head, wielding a flaming sword charged out at Lin Sheng .
*Clang!*
The two flaming swords clashed against each other as Lin Sheng lashed out a punch against the monster’s head .
With a massive thud, the monster’s entire face collapsed inwards .
Not even two seconds later, the monster collapsed on the ground and died . The battle was over .
Lin Sheng was pleased as he withdrew his sword .
With his Level 5 sacred powers and the combined strength of Level 6, a Level 3 to Level 4 monster was nothing to him .
*Hiss…*
This time around, a black line appeared from the monster’s body and entered Lin Sheng’s chest .
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He closed his eyes as he absorbed it . Images of darkness, slumber, and feasting entered his mind .
There were two particular images that left a mark on him, one was that the monster with the flaming sword was gathered with many other monsters as they gorged on food and drink in the hall .
The second one, the four-horned monster, was being defeated head-on by a young man in Blood Armor and fell on the ground without any resistance .
Lin Sheng saw the face and noticed some similarities with the Steel Lord’s aide . This monster was probably defeated by an elite of the Warrior’s Guild before and had carved that memory into its soul .
He could feel his spirit grow a little, just a wee bit .
“After reaching Level 5, the total volume of sacred power has increased . I think I’ll need at the very least hundreds of these monster’s soul fragments to level up… Seems I need to find stronger monsters to meet the requirements, otherwise it’ll take forever to get to Level 6 with these trash mobs . ”
He sighed to himself as he pried the flaming sword from the monster’s hand . Two blades in both hands, that suited him fine .
As he kicked the body aside, Lin Sheng walked into the second room .
There were metal discs of various sizes in there . The plates were all dark yellow, with intricate engravings on the surface of them, probably a part of some special book-making process .
Lin Sheng walked closed and took one of the discs to read . It was written in ancient Rehn, and aside from some odd grammar, he could read it .
The discs were all placed neatly within the holes in the wall, and on every disc was a short but special essay .
Lin Sheng looked at the disc in his hand . It was the size of a human head with almost thousands of tiny words engraved into it . It would not have been legible if he did not focus .
On top of the disc was a title . “Ideas and theories about building the Holy Sanctum’s defense system . ” Beneath it were many rows of tiny words .
“The defense system of the Holy Sanctum? Could that be…” Lin Sheng recalled that ritual that had appeared in the Steel Lord’s memories .
As long as the Steel Lord lived, every non-human being would not be able to escape the city . If it was that ritual of such a scale…
His interest was piqued, and he gave the disc a thorough read .
On the disc was everything about the functions of the city’s defensive system without any detailed instructions .
Lin Sheng quickly went through it, and aside from some conceptual ideas . There was nothing .
He then placed the disc back at its original place before sweeping his gaze over the rest and checked their titles .
“The Introductory Usage of Defensive Runes . ”
“The Discussion of Possible Issues With the Energy Nodes . ”
“Babylonian Effect Calculation”
“The Relation of Energy and Electromagnetic Fields’ Exchange . ”
“The Font of the Holy Sanctum: Construction and Maintenance (Volume One) . ”
Lin Sheng’s gaze paused for a moment as he took the disc about the Holy Sanctum down and started reading it .
“A font of sacred power . The construction of any Holy Sanctum would need a font as its base . As a massive facility to store and convert sacred power, the font of sacred power would need the attributes that the sorcerer’s magic fonts do not have .
“Its functions: The storage, provision, and conversion of sacred power . Providing a natural base for a Soul Benediction matrix (Soul Benediction: One of the most basic Divine Arts . It is a supernatural matrix that will provide natural healing of any ailments upon gathering a large amount of sacred power . The area of effect will fluctuate according to the reserve of sacred power . )
“Requirements:
“A convertor to change the spiritual power of prayer into sacred power .
“A sealed structure that will not be exposed to store sacred power for the long term .
“The required items are waterproof masonry, platinum, gold, Ashen Seal core, anti-corrosion paint, heat-resistant paint, insect repellent matrix, yellow crystals, activation sacred powers . ”